heavenly
English
/ˈhɛvənli/
adj
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to the heaven believed in by many religions.
- of or pertaining to the heavens, the sky regarded as the realm of the sun, moon, planets, and stars.
- Of or pertaining to the kingdom of God; divine.
- Strongly or sublimely beautiful or pleasurable.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English heuenly inherited from Old English heofonlīċ (heavenly, chaste, celestial) suf from English heaven.
Origin
English
heaven
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cyberheaven English
- heaven English
- heavenful English
- heavenhood English
- heavenish English
- heavenize English
- heavenless English
- heavenlike English
- heavenlily English
- heavenliness English
- heavenlyminded English
- heavenric English
- heavenward English
- heavenwards English
- midheaven English
- minded English
- unheavenly English
- heofon Old English
- heofonlīċ Old English
- heuenly Middle English
- heven Tok Pisin